Ezekiel 15

1 BAWIPA e lawk kai koe a pha teh,

The LORD’s word came to me, saying,

2 tami capa, ratu thung e misurkung hah thing alouke hlak bang alânae maw kaawm.

“Son of man, what is the vine tree more than any tree, the vine branch which is among the trees of the forest?

3 A thing hah hnopai sak nahanelah ouk hno boimaw. Ailo tongben bang nahanelah hai apinimaw ouk a hno boi.

Will wood be taken of it to make anything? Will men take a pin of it to hang any vessel on it?

4 Khenhaw! hmai patawi nahanelah doeh ouk hno awh. A som hoi a kung koe totouh hmai ni koung a kak. A langboung a kak teh, patopatangnae ao boimaw.

Behold, it is cast into the fire for fuel; the fire has devoured both its ends, and the middle of it is burned. Is it profitable for any work?

5 Hmai a kak hoehnahlan pato patang han awm hoehpawiteh, hmai a kak hnukkhu patopatangnae bangmaw hoe kaawm han.

Behold, when it was whole, it was suitable for no work. How much less, when the fire has devoured it, and it has been burned, will it yet be suitable for any work?”

6 Hatdawkvah, Bawipa Jehovah ni hettelah a dei. Ratu thung e thingnaw thung dawk misurkung hah hmai patawi nahanelah ka ta e patetlah Jerusalem khocanaw hai ka hruek han.

Therefore the Lord GOD says: “As the vine wood among the trees of the forest, which I have given to the fire for fuel, so I will give the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

7 Ahnimouh koe lah ka kangdue sin vaiteh, hmaithung hoi ka tâcawt awh nakunghai, hmai dawk a kak awh mingming han. Ahnimouh koelah ka kangdue sin toteh, BAWIPA la ka o tie a panue awh han.

I will set my face against them. They will go out from the fire, but the fire will still devour them. Then you will know that I am the LORD, when I set my face against them.

8 Ahnimouh ni payonnae bout a sak awh dawkvah, a ramnaw ka pâmit roeroe han telah Bawipa Jehovah ni a dei telah a ti.

I will make the land desolate, because they have acted unfaithfully,” says the Lord GOD.